Presentation: Designing an OPAC for Web 2.0

October 27, 2006 – 4:17 pm

MAIUG 2006 Philadelphia: Designing an OPAC for Web 2.0 (interactive QuickTime with links or static PDF)
Web 2.0 and other ?2.0? monikers have become loaded terms. But as we look back at the world wide web of 1996, there can be little doubt that today’s web is better and more useful. Indeed, that seems to be [...]

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Squashing Criticism vs. Improving Products

June 14, 2006 – 3:04 pm

I wrote yesterday of Nicole Engard’s comment that the ILS was about as open and flexible as a brick wall. Today I learned that the vendor of that ILS had tried to squash her public criticism.
Not cool.
It’s pure speculation on my part, but what comes next? Surely no vendor would send Vinny over to bust [...]

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Presentation: Designing an OPAC for Web 2.0

May 21, 2006 – 10:38 am

IUG 2006 presentation: Designing an OPAC for Web 2.0 (also available as a PDF with space for notes)

This is an update of my ALA Midwinter presentation.

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Presentation: Designing an OPAC for Web 2.0

January 20, 2006 – 1:30 pm

ALA Midwinter IUG SIG Presentation: Designing an OPAC for Web 2.0
update: PDF version with space for notes
Web 2.0 and other ?2.0? monikers have become loaded terms recently. But as we look back at the world wide web of 1996, there can be little doubt that today’s web is better and more useful. Indeed, that seems [...]

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